This report outlines the volume of work performed by the Board and its costs, noting figures pertaining to new applications, applications to reopen cases, applications made out of time, number of cases resolved and outstanding, and the size of the awards made. Costs involve the actual awards as well as administrative costs; in some cases, a portion of the compensatory award is paid by the offender. Board procedures as described as is the scope of the scheme. Some of the factors which the Board must consider when deciding a case include whether it involved a crime of violence, whether an accident involved exceptional risk, whether the applicant cooperated fully with the police, and how the applicant's conduct and character impinged on the incident. This report examines the impact on the Board's caseload of domestic violence, fatal accidents, and applications for judicial review. 1 table and 5 appendixes